Licensed by the Independent Radio and Television Commission in 1989, its licence was removed in 1996 for misbehaviour, although the station did not leave the airwaves.

tuned into Astra 1 transmissions due to their respective countries subscription TV packages emanating from the bird.

However, it continued broadcasting through its UK legal licence on satellite; this was deflected by unknown community groups back on to the fm band.

[citation needed] News bulletins were broadcast hourly with night time reports from UK commercial service IRN.

[citation needed] In the morning, the breakfast show featured a mix of classic hits, news, weather and travel reports and chat.

[citation needed] During overnight hours non-stop classic hits were played and in the latter years the "Late and Live" program would be repeated throughout the night.

[citation needed] In 2002, it applied for, was refused, and appealed to no effect a license to operate a medium wave service in the city of Limerick.

[citation needed] During its period as a pirate, much use has been made of the Radio Data System to provide politically loaded messages to users with suitable equipment,[citation needed] ranging from "NO RLO NO VOTE" during a protest at the 2002 Irish General Election to "HELP RLO STOP BCI SLEEZE", a message of such length as to require scrolling.

The station was initially broadcast from the Sirius satellite commencing in 1997 and also transmitted in later years via Hot Bird on the frequency 12.597 GHz.

[citation needed] Free satellite equipment was offered to pubs and establishments around the city and county to facilitate reception of Ireland's first digital television channel.

[citation needed] The satellite incarnation of the channel featured a schedule that was looped every few hours with pre-recorded programs presented by several staff from the radio station.

[citation needed] Many other programs were featured on the schedule at this time including recorded coverage of Local Gaelic Athletic Association games often unseen on other channels, Irish music video showcases and other general entertainment fare all produced in house at the RLO studios.

[citation needed] Superimposing background images of limerick on green screens with high end technology began on the Gerry Hannan, Tom O'Donnell and History show.